Strong's Lexicon

G1652

G1652 — ἐλεεινός

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekeleeinosadjectiveOccurrences: 2

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G1652
Word:ἐλεεινός
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:from G1656
Language:Greek
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:eleeinos
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:el-eh-ei-nos'
Meaning:1. pitiable
KJV Renderings:miserable

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐληινος, ἐληινη, ἐληινον (ἔλεος), from Homer down, to be pitied, miserable: Rev 3:17 (where WH have adopted the Attic form ἐλεινός, see their Appendix, p. 145); comparative, 1Co 15:19. (Cf. Winer’s Grammar, 99 (94).)

STRONGS NT 1652: ἐλεινός [ἐλεινός, see ἐληινος.]

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ἐλεεινός (miserable)

1 Corinthians 15:19

KJV: If in this life only we have hope in Christ we are of all men most miserable
GK: ει εν τη ζωή ταύτη ηλπικότες εσμέν εν χριστώ μόνον ελεεινότεροι πάντων ανθρώπων εσμέν

Revelation 3:17

KJV: Because thou sayest I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked
GK: ότι λέγεις ότι πλούσιός ειμι και πεπλούτηκα και ουδενός χρείαν έχω και ουκ οίδας ότι συ ει ο ταλαίπωρος και ο ελεεινός και πτωχός και τυφλός και γυμνός
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